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The depth of this river reaches up to 94 feet. [1] The Corrib drains a catchment area of 3,138 km 2. [2] Although the Corrib is one of Ireland's shortest rivers, it has a mean long-term flow rate of 104.8 m 3 /s, making it Ireland's second-largest river (by flow), only surpassed by the River Shannon. [2] [3] [4]
TABLE 1. a. The length of the River Shannon from the Shannon Pot to Limerick City is 258 kilometres (160 mi) [10] with a basin area of 11,700 km 2.; The River Shannon's overall length (to Loop Head), using the Owenmore River (County Cavan) as source, is 372 kilometres (231 mi), [11] 11 km (7 mi) longer than the Shannon Pot source.
Table 2 shows the largest rivers in Ireland (by mean flow) in cubic metres per second. Some of the larger or better-known rivers of Ireland are shown on this map (large version). The longest river in Ireland is the River Shannon, at 360.5 kilometres (224.0 mi). The river develops into three lakes along its course, Lough Allen, Lough Ree and ...
At a total length of 360.5 km (224 miles), it is the longest river in Ireland. [13] That the Shannon is the longest river in the British Isles was evidently known in the 12th century, although a map of the time showed this river as flowing out of the south of Ireland. [3]
The river rises near Dromina in north County Cork and flows north into County Limerick for over 60 km to enter the Shannon Estuary. After it rises it passes the flowing areas, first Milford and down towards Belville bridge, then on to Castlemahon ( Mahoonagh ) and nearby Newcastle West , running parallel to the main Limerick - Killarney N21 ...
Garavogue is not the original name of the river, which was earlier and for centuries called the Sligeach, a name meaning abounding in shells, by the native local population. [1] The river gave its name firstly to the town that grew up on its banks from the 13th century, and then to the county that was established in the late 16th and early 17th ...
The Blackwater or Munster Blackwater (Irish: An Abhainn Mhór, The Great River) is a river which flows through counties Kerry, Cork and Waterford in Ireland. It rises in the Mullaghareirk Mountains in County Kerry and then flows in an easterly direction across County Cork through the towns of Mallow and Fermoy.
County Dublin (shaded dark green) There are more than 130 named rivers and streams in the traditional County Dublin, Ireland, which comprises the city of Dublin and the surrounding counties of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin. Rivers and tributaries The rivers and streams are listed in one table, with systems such as the Liffey (and that of its major sub-system, the Dodder ...